The "misfortune" of being a COVID-19 negative patient during the coronavirus pandemic.
J BUON
; 26(2): 303-305, 2021.
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| ID: mdl-34076972
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 pandemic has obviously affected patients' behavior towards seeking medical help as well as physicians' decision in the management of emergencies. Our recent experience as surgeons at a COVID-19 referral hospital revealed cases which share an alerting characteristic the delay in appropriate management. Unfortunately for COVID-19 negative patients a "coronacentric" health system has been adopted. In view of measures applied to avoid spread of the disease, a significant delay in patients' presentation as well as in their in-hospital management is observed. We present cases where delay in appropriate management affected the patients' outcome and underline the fact that balancing between COVID-19 safety measures and a patient who needs urgent treatment can be very challenging and stressful.
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Assunto principal:
Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde
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Abscesso Abdominal
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Atenção à Saúde
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Tempo para o Tratamento
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Teste para COVID-19
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COVID-19
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En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article